The Brazilian government’s plan to create a central bank-issued digital currency, known as the “digital real,” is making progress towards a likely release date. Local exchange Mercado Bitcoin announced the successful completion of a series of pilot tests. Aimed at analyzing the interoperability of a tokenized version of the digital
There is an effort afoot to broaden the scope of Brazil’s recently enacted cryptocurrency regulations. Which were signed into law by departing President Jair Bolsonaro on December 21. Reports from regional media suggest that the Ministry of Finance is drafting a decree. To rectify some of the ambiguities that arose
To make paying taxes easier, a prominent Brazilian bank is now accepting cryptocurrency payments. Banco do Brasil, a major Brazilian financial institution said in a press release on February 11 that it has partnered with Bitfy. The latter is a cryptocurrency exchange established in Brazil. The duo plan to make
A growing number of industries and governments are beginning to use blockchain, a key component of cryptocurrency. Sao Paulo’s new municipal data and transparency law recognizes blockchain as a tool that may be utilized to facilitate government operations. In the law, blockchain is described as a distributed digital ledger that
As one of the first Brazilian organizations to use blockchain technology. Bradesco, a major financial institution in Brazil and Latin America, has joined the cryptocurrency revolution. On January 13, 2023, the bank said that, as part of a pilot study to evaluate the viability of these technologies. It has tokenized
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro approved a crypto regulatory bill recently passed by the country’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate on Thursday. The bill will not permit the use cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Recently signed legislation includes numerous digital currencies as authorized payment methods. The new law establishes a crime of fraud involving
Leading cryptocurrency exchange platform Gleec BTC Exchange is seeking to expand in Latin America, beginning in Brazil where it recently acquired Blocktane’s operational assets. For a brief while, Blocktane ranked high in the Brazilian cryptocurrency industry. Gleec BTC Exchange took the initiative and announced today that it has purchased the
As the entire crypto industry is facing a hectic crisis, crypto adoption in Brazil is booming tremendously. In the past few months, the global crypto market crashed affecting millions of thousands of investors in the community. Surprisingly over 40,000 Brazilian companies are in the record of Federal Revenue Service for
Brazilian Chamber of Deputies passed the crypto bill to regulate the cryptocurrency sector in the largest South American country. Finally, after 5 months of voting dormancy, the regulatory body waved a green flag for bill 4401/21 on Tuesday evening. Bitcoin as Brazil Legal Tender? Originally, Aureo Riberio, a member of
The Brazilian cryptocurrency bill, which intends to govern the conduct of cryptocurrency exchanges and custody agents as well as define explicit cryptocurrency mining standards, will be on the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies next week. The bill, which was shelved before the general election on October 20, will be
